Ghaziabad, Feb. 15 -- A trader and his employee were shot and injured on Thursday night allegedly by six armed robbers who waylaid them near main market in Muradnagar in Ghaziabad, senior police officers said on Friday, adding that five of them were apprehended within hours after a brief exchange of fire with police, and four of them sustained gunshot wounds to their legs.

According to police, Satish Chand Garg, 48, and his employee, Bablu Kumar, 40, were returning home after closing the shop around 8.30pm, when they were fired upon near the main market in Muradnagar.

Bablu Kumar sustained a gunshot wound to his leg and the assailants also fired a shot in the air scare away the locals.

They snatched bags containing cash, daily ledgers ...